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I'm not super well studied on the topic so take this for what it is. I'm sure there was a shit ton of sexual assault going in occupied Germany, it was a chaotic occupation at the tail end of one of the worst wars in history, even if the Red Army was trying to punish offenders they probably had limited ability to actually enforce it.
But the focus on it, while ignoring the massive amount of sexual violence the German forces committed on the Eastern Front, is telling.
I'm still absolutely amazed that the Red Army going west and in the process seeing all what nazis did on those territories did not left literally just earth and sky in Germany. Truly, as Hemingway said: "Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid."